Fayette County Farmland Is Still A Source of Agricultural Innovation
Fayette Alliance Board Member Todd Clark writes about the continued use and need of Fayette County farmland. | Photo by Jeff Rogers | www.jeffrogers.com
Updates
The Fayette Alliance Featured In Keeneland Magazine
A Balancing Act: The Fayette Alliance Seeks to Preserve & Promote
The Alliance Supports Accountable Development
These changes will provide greater accountability and efficiency, ensuring that developers actually build what was proposed to government and permitted during the zoning process. Let Council know what you think.
Alliance Director Knox van Nagell, She’s so Sk!rt
Alliance Director Knox van Nagell is featured in the August edition of Lexington's Sk!rt Magazine.
Council Adopts FY 2012 Budget, Including $1 million to PDR Program
Ask your council member to support the $1 million local match for the PDR program and farmland preservation, both of which are critically important to Lexington-Fayette County and they must continue to be a major priority for our community.
Serving on LFUCG Affordable Housing Trust Fund TaskForce
The Fayette Alliance is serving on the LFUCG Affordable Housing Trust Fund Taskforce to examine funding mechanisms, economic impacts, and program parameters for a potential affordable housing trust fund. Members of the Homebuilders Association, affordable housing, and faith-based groups are also participating on the committee. To learn more about affordable housing trust funds, click here....
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Alliance Participates in Carbon Footprint Reduction Study
The Fayette Alliance is serving on the Natural Land, Food, & Agriculture Sub-Team of LFUCG Carbon Footprint Reduction study. This group is looking at how our local food, agricultural, and land-use systems can be improved to lower Lexington’s carbon foot print problem. To learn more about Lexington’s carbon footprint issues, click here. This report will...
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The “Goals & Objectives” of Comprehensive Plan Update are in Full Swing
The Fayette Alliance continues to promote the importance of farmland preservation, responsible development and special neighborhoods, and an improved infrastructure and environment during the current “Goals and Objectives” phase of the Comprehensive Plan. | Photo by Jeff Rogers | www.jeffrogers.com
Helping Our Neighborhoods: Alliance Supports New Building Inspection Measures
By authorizing a “right of entry”, inspectors will gain needed access inside those buildings that have zoning ordinance violations—greatly strengthening LFUCG’s ability to inspect, address and remediate public safety issues created by such violations.
Mayor & Council Recommend Focusing Growth in Existing Urban Area
Maintaining our current city limits is an amazing opportunity for Lexington...